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Producing and Evaluating Communication, Helsinki 2027

Billy Clark (Northumbria) and Siobhan Chapman (University of Liverpool) have organised a panel on Producing and Evaluating Communication which will be part of the 20th International Pragmatics Conference (IPC20), organised by the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA).

At the panel, Billy will present ideas and findings from his project on Producing and Evaluating Style which is supported by Leverhulme Trust (Major Fellowship MRF-2024-043). Other contributors qill be invited to comment on ideas from the project and related topics.

There is information on the conference here:

https://pragmatics.international/page/Conferences

The conference website has information on the call for papers and a list of accepted panel proposals. Here is ours:

IPC20 panel on Producing and Evaluating Communication

If you have any questions about the panel or the project, send an email to Billy:

billy.clark@northumbria.ac.uk

billylinguist English, English Language, Linguistics, research

The Discourse of Plastic Packaging

The next speaker in our Institute of Humanities research seminar series is Professor Joanna Gavins from the University of Sheffield.

The talk’s title is Every little ‘help’: understanding the FAMILY frame in the discourse of plastic packaging

There’s an abstract below

Time: 4-5pm, Wednesday 4 June 2025

Place: Room 305, Northumberland Building, City Campus, Northumbria University

Also online: email Billy Clark to join online: billy.clark@northumbria.ac.uk

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Polysemy, Pragmatics and Word Meaning

The next speaker in our English Language and Linguistics research seminar series is Professor Robyn Carston from University College London

The talk’s title is Polysemy, Pragmatics and Word Meaning. There’s an abstract below.

Time: 12noon to 1pm, Wednesday 19 February 2025

Place: Sandyford 417, City Campus, Northumbria University

Also online: email Billy Clark to join online: billy.clark@northumbria.ac.uk

Directions and campus map: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-campuses/newcastle-city-campus

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Language and Intangible Cultural Heritage

The next speaker in our English Language and Linguistics research seminar series is Professor Natalie Braber from Nottingham Trent University

The talk’s title is ‘Is our language part of our heritage? Intangible cultural heritage in the UK‘. There’s an abstract below.

This is an online session. Email Billy Clark to join: billy.clark@northumbria.ac.uk

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Rescheduled Shakespeare

We are delighted to be hosting this year’s (rescheduled) Babel lecture at Northumbria University on Thursday the 3rd of October.

The speaker is Ben Crystal, Ben is an actor, author, producer, an Associate Artist with the Shakespeare North Playhouse, and a consultant creative producer for Shakespeare companies around the world.

The talk begins at 6.30pm with refreshments available from 6.

You can find out more and register here:

https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/events/2024/10/public-lecture—annual-babel-lecture-2024/